Author: Patrick Jennings

I travel, when I can. Write, when inspired. Photograph, where there's beauty. Make films, for a living. Oh, and I play a decent didjiridu.

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 17, 201810:26 am

The Wells and Dancing Boy, Sea to Sky Gondola, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Focus ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #144

Sometimes
It’s hard to stay focused
To capture all the details
To see the whole picture

Still
I see enough
To know the beauty
Of a moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 15, 20182:22 pm

Boots

Inside
The chanting
The texts
Stripping away
Layer upon layer
Of being
Seeking
At the centre
The non-being
That is everything

Outside
The first layer

Ricoh RF 500 by Patrick JenningsJun 14, 20188:32 pm

Buddhas All in a Row, Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang, Malaysia

Naming is the Origin of all Particular Things

Only when I resist the name a thing has been given
Can I discover the true nature of the thing

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 14, 201811:29 am

Granite and Conifer

Enrapt
Enwrapped
Granite and conifer
Cloud and sky
And I
Reverent
In the rain
And rapture
Of nature’s glory

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 13, 20189:20 pm

Sunset, Mojave Desert, Route 66, California, United States of America

Seeing in the Brightness

Sometimes
The light seems too bright
So I seek
The respite of darkness

I remind myself
The darkness is always present
Even in the brightest light
Its balance is available

I remind myself
The light is not too bright
Rather my eyes remain
Accustomed to the darkness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 11, 20183:24 pm

Lake Powell, Page, Arizona, United States of America

Visualizing

I swim down
Deep into the reservoir
Of the pain and suffering
That is my despair
Find the glimmer of hope
Release it from the bottom
Cradling it in my arms
As I rise back to the surface
Breathe deeply in the fragrant air
Pull myself up onto the solid shore
Basking in the sun’s warmth
While pain and suffering drains away
Despair releases from my being
While hope swells in my heart